Working Papers
The Reverse Cargo Cult: Why Authoritarian Governments Lie to Their People
Authoritarian Propaganda and Social Networks
The Anatomy of the Great Terror: A Quantitative Analysis of the 1937-38 Purges in the Red Army (with Alexei Zakharov)
Electoral College and Election Fraud (with Georgy Egorov) [BFI Research Brief]
Isolation and Insurrection: How Partisanship and Political Geography Fueled January 6, 2021 (with David van Dijcke and Austin L. Wright)
Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine? A Theory of Degenerate Autocracy (with Georgy Egorov) [BFI Research Brief] [The Kellogg Insight Brief]
Information Manipulation and Repression: A Theory and Evidence from the COVID Response in Russia (with Natalia Lamberova) [CATO Institute Brief]
Propaganda and Repression in Diverse Societies (with Arda Gitmez and Pooya Molavi) [BFI Research Brief]